At the request of Chipping Barnet MP Theresa Villiers, the Minister of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Ed Vaizey, has spoken directly with BT on the need to connect up more areas in Barnet to fast fibre broadband.

Theresa Villiers, MP for Chipping Barnet, has welcomed publication of a draft Woodland Management Plan for Monken Hadley Common in High Barnet. She is encouraging local people to get involved in the debate over the new plan.

Theresa Villiers has acted on behalf of Barnet’s almshouse charities to preserve their unique status. This a form of charity which dates back to the 10th century and has for hundreds of years provided homes for the poor or elderly from a geographical area or a particular profession.

After extensive contacts with the Mayor of London and the Home Secretary, Theresa Villiers, MP for Chipping Barnet, has gained assurances that dedicated ward teams of police officers will be retained with at least one police officer and police community support officer attached to each ward in Barnet, guaranteed for the next 12 months.

In his Autumn statement this week, the Chancellor announced the government's plans for spending over the next four years. This article sets out some of the key decisions made and how they might affect us in Barnet.

Charitable arts group Community Focus have celebrated their first major event at their new home in Friary House, Friary Park, at the weekend. Theresa Villiers MP, a long-time supporter of Community Focus, spoke at the event and met a number of the group’s volunteers.